Also, BR&P/B&O operated a ferry between Charlotte, NY. (Rochester) and Cobourg, Ont. until 1950. There was northbound coal traffic aboard in US hopper cars. link: Car Ferry - Cobourg History

I have a small fleet of Stewart offset triple hopper cars with 1950's road names waiting for assembly and service. I do not recognize the trucks. The top sideframe arch looks a little shallow to my

My off-layout paper mill in Johnsonburg, Pa. in 1964 may need some kaolin clay from time to time, so a northbound Englehard tank car would be a welcome occasional load. Are there any accurate

Yes, Sloan's book A Century +10, 2nd edition, is the one you want for anything DRGW narrow gauge. Curt Fortenberry

A freshly painted SP freight car looks significantly different than a car that is faded or dirty. The fresh paint to my eyes is a very rich, deep oxide red. But in less than a year that fades to

Unless I wanted the pattern to be permanently mounted on the mold boxbottom, I used plain white wood glue. Also used white glue to hold the boxsides on the bottom. Easy clean up and not effected by

I use MEK to solvent glue my styrene masters to the floor of the styrene mold box. If gluing resin parts to the mold box, I use CA. Of course this is a permanent bond so the master is not easily

When making a mold out of two part rubber to use to cast a resin part, I use a styrene made mold box into which I attach the master to the floor of the box. After mixing the two part rubber I pour it

Steve: Does FL R-74 Boxcar Red on this chart actually refer to straight Floquil boxcar red? Interesting that Speedwich suggests 50/50 with Oxide Red suggesting a less brown, more orange-red shade.

Thanks Tony and all you guys for the help. Guess I'll check out that Tru-color SP 50's boxcar red or maybe check my supply of Scalecoat. tw --------------------------------------------

Ted Waterhouse wrote: Yes, after World War II, SP stopped painting underbodies black. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

As far as I know, that is correct for SP "freight car red" cars. Trucks too! Tim O'Connor

Steve, Page 344 of the Century+10 book lists 41 narrow frame cars; page 346 lists 28 frameless cars. Each page has the original numbering, 1947 renumbering and dates, and the 1956 renumbering and

Steve, There was an article on UTLX narrow gaugetank cars many years ago in the Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette. Have youaccess to this article? Coloradonarrow gauge tank cars, part 1: the

I have n scale models. Brad Smith Sent from Brad's iPod

Ted--I found this page which offers three different mixes for boxcars. http://www.urbaneagle.com/sp/sp-frtcolors.html However, this seems to be current as of 1997. There have been many paint

I am looking for definitive source(s) on the numbers anddates of the Class X and V UTLX cars that were converted for use on theColorado Narrow Gauge lines. I would appreciate some good references

On the last batch of SP boxcars I did, I used Tru-color with good results. They have a paint labeled SP 50's boxcar red, rather on the nose. Allen Montgomery On Wednesday, August 19, 2015

I’m currently working on some of my Atlas Hart Selective Ballast Hoppers in Santa Fe livery and I noted that the various classes came equipped with either National B-1 or ASF Ride Control

I'm just finishing up a pair of Southern Pacific B-50-25 class boxcars using the Intermountain kits with the parts sets provided by Andy Carlson. They're turning out very nicely, especially for my